Ever seen a “Let’s Play” video, where somebody documents their own activity as they play a video game? They can be a lot of fun to watch, even when the author isn’t very good at the game. And they can be very instructive if you’re learning how to play that... read more >>

This week, guest-blogger David Wey welcomes the new community profile pages. David is a Senior Developer for MathWorks community sites.
Community Improvements: New Profile Pages
by David Wey
Have you ever wondered who created the file you’re looking at on the File Exchange, or who that nice person was that answered your... read more >>

Last week we showed how to use a Monte Carlo approach to write a program capable of playing Tic Tac Toe. But that was just our warm-up exercise. Now let’s build another game that can take advantage of our game-playing harness.
The first game I thought of was Connect Four,... read more >>

A story about just-in-time expertise. Sometimes the best learning is no learning.
COMPUTERS, CHESS, AND GO
I read an article in IEEE Spectrum about computer programs that play Go (AIs Have Mastered Chess. Will Go Be Next?). If you review the history of game-playing computers, you’ll see that chess programs improved steadily... read more >>

In the last post, Wendy Fullam told us about MATLAB Examples, where you could see working examples and pick apart the code to see how they worked. But suppose you wanted more? Suppose you wanted an environment that could teach you, step by step, how to get started coding in... read more >>

This week, guest-blogger Wendy Fullam is trumpeting the arrival of a new Support page feature. Wendy is the Technical Marketing Product Manager for MathWorks online support and website search program.
MATLAB Examples
by Wendy Fullam
Have you ever found yourself thinking, “I wish there was a place where I could go to see... read more >>

This week we hear from Toshi Takeuchi about how to take advantage of MATLAB’s recent improvements to Git integration. Toshi is a Senior Marketing Manager at MathWorks.
Quick Introduction to Git with MATLAB
by Toshi Takeuchi
One of the new R2014b features that deserves your attention is Git integration. Git is a source... read more >>

With the new MATLAB® Support Package for Android™ Sensors, you can now use MATLAB Mobile™ to acquire data from the sensors on your Android device. This data can be sent to a MATLAB session running on your computer for further analysis and visualization.
Contents
What data, you ask?
Viewing Sensor Data
Analyze Data with... read more >>

I am very excited to welcome a new blogger to MATLAB Central: Mike Garrity is going to be writing about graphics on the appropriately named Mike on MATLAB Graphics blog.
Mike is a computer graphics guru, well informed on the state of the art and knee-deep in the operational knowledge of... read more >>

This is a continuation of the last post (see Expo Conversations – Part 1), in which we learned how the MathWorks UK office built a system for detecting social interaction at the MATLAB Expo conference. This week, Marta Wilczkowiak continues the story with the help of Toshi Takeuchi.
Marta is a... read more >>